2021: The Year in People

Generation Alpha · Year of the Ox 🐂 · Born in 2021 turn 5 in 2026

The year in numbers

Gas, per gallon

$3.01

Median home

$298,900

Minimum wage

$7.25/hr

Movie ticket

$9.57

US population

7.91B

US president

Joe Biden

Top song

"Levitating" — Dua Lipa

Top film

Spider-Man: No Way Home

Top TV show

Sunday Night Football

Best Picture

CODA

In the news: January 6 Capitol breach; COVID vaccines roll out globally

What happened in 2021

2021 (MMXXI) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2021st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 21st year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 2nd year of the 2020s decade.

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Died in 2021

Dustin Diamond1977–2021 · American actor and comedian
Christopher Plummer1929–2021 · Canadian actor
Betty White1922–2021 · American actress and comedian
Bernie Madoff1938–2021 · American financier and con artist
Trevor Moore (comedian)1980–2021 · American comedian and actor
Colin Powell1937–2021 · American general, diplomat and statesman
Cloris Leachman1926–2021 · American actress
Jessica Walter1941–2021 · American actress
Bell hooks1952–2021 · American author and activist
Anne Rice1941–2021 · American author
Dean Stockwell1936–2021 · American actor
Hal Holbrook1925–2021 · American actor